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Comment on Back again? by Naomi R https://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/back-again/#comment-153
Mon, 03 Jun 2013 03:16:20 +0000http://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/?p=748#comment-153I’ve been waiting. 🙂
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Comment on Back again? by Jessi https://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/back-again/#comment-147
Sat, 11 May 2013 21:47:08 +0000http://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/?p=748#comment-147I’m so glad you’re back! I miss you all so much!
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Comment on Thinking about friends… by jessicadelaney https://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/thinking-about-friends/#comment-138
Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:02:22 +0000http://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/?p=723#comment-138Amy, I think our lives are very cyclical, and that sometimes there will be someone in your life who fills this role, and at other times, there will not. Life circumstances are in constant flux, and a friendship that might have worked at some point in your life somehow no longer fits to the extent that it once did. Often, geography plays an immense role as it can be difficult to nurture a friendship over great distances. One point that I should have made is that there have been times that I despaired because I felt that my life was lacking in someone to be a friend to me in the manner I describe. However, I’m learning to trust the Lord and pray about my friendships, and when things seem a little more lonely, to turn to Him. When I feel like I’m experiencing a friendship like the one I describe, I just enjoy it to the fullest, recognizing that at any time, life may change, and that friendship may change with it….the key is keeping some flexibility and enjoying each moment to its greatest potential, whether in times of friendship or loneliness…
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Comment on Toxic Baby by Jo-Anne https://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/toxic-baby/#comment-137
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:41:03 +0000http://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/?p=744#comment-137I have watched quite a few TED talks and each one has been very good. I hadn’t seen this one. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
The implications are not just for pregnant women but for all of us. We have heard so often you are what you eat. Really it should be you are what you ingest. AND you can ingest not just through eating or drinking but what is placed on the skin through creams, medicines, clothes and the detergents we launder them in, etc. AND what we breathe in . . . The list can go on and on. Just try and be informed the best you can and make informed decisions.
Thanks Jessica for the reminder of that.
Aslo ingest The Word.
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Comment on Thinking about friends… by Jo-Anne https://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/thinking-about-friends/#comment-136
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:33:46 +0000http://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/?p=723#comment-136Jessica, great topic! This is a subject that we, as a family, have discussed a great deal. I believe that the term “friend” is used too easily and defined too strictly. For me, having high expectations of friends has lead to disappointments and hurts when friends do not rise to the occasion. These usually happen in times of stress, worry or large events in your life. It is then that the feeling of being let down, misunderstood or hurt is most keenly felt. To that end, it forced me to really look at this topic and have some parameters for myself.
True deep friendship is not as common as one might think. A friend will be interested in me but also my husband and my children and the life that I am building around my community. I’m a package deal!
Friendship is also a two way street. I’m interested in the aspects of your life and you are interested in mine. How many times have I got off of the phone or received a letter or email where it is only about the other person?
Having fellowship with others is important to us as humans – really important to women. So I have women with whom I can socialize and enjoy their company. I have women with whom we share things. I have women I can open up myself and truly be vulnerable with and they do so in return. Finally, I have women whom I can talk about God and what we share what God is doing in our lives. Some women in my life fall into one category, others fall into numerous. Very few fall into all. I am okay with that. Just as I’m not called to be all that to some women, they are not called to be all that to me. With this knowledge, I find rest and enjoy the company of my “friends” so much easier.
Thanks for writing about this! Great thought provoking subject!!!
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Comment on Thinking about friends… by amy https://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/thinking-about-friends/#comment-135
Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:05:33 +0000http://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/?p=723#comment-135It does make me wonder how many friends I really do have. Honestly, not that many. There are people I like, that I do things with and am happy to see them at church. But if I moved across town, would I see them? Probably not. It’s sad. But it just makes me especially grateful for the few that will stick with me no matter what.
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Comment on Admiration versus Aspiration by Jo-Anne https://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/admiration-versus-aspiration/#comment-133
Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:13:41 +0000http://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-133Amen and Amen! I, too, when seeing a person who so exemplifies an admirable trait has me yearning to be more like that. Putting your feet to being molded to become more like that takes time and work, hard work sometimes. I am still endeavouring to become more of what God wants me to be. I aspire to those heights! One day . . . one day!
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Comment on Memory Lane by Jo-Anne https://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/memory-lane/#comment-132
Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:53:49 +0000http://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/?p=718#comment-132As I read your post, I was transported back to the house my Grandma lived at the end of her life. I can picture her sitting in her gold chair (I have it now) twiddling her thumbs and giggling her foot (both habits I have inherited!). I am smiling and the tears begin to form as I remember her and the love she gave me. She loved me like no other did. Even though she was not an outward professing Christian, she showed the love of Christ to me with her unconditional love. Thanks for helping me remember.
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Comment on in love? by Naomi https://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/in-love/#comment-131
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:21:54 +0000http://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/?p=714#comment-131I was just thinking about that (relationship with the Lord) this week. That even after a week of “no feelings” I can sit down and just start to spill my heart to Him and know He’s there, listening and caring and helping. I’ve lost that “in love” feeling and instead I am wrapped in a deep and abiding love… it is so much more stable and confidence-inducing than those first many shaky years!
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Comment on Memory Lane by Naomi https://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/memory-lane/#comment-130
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:17:39 +0000http://jessicadelaney.wordpress.com/?p=718#comment-130Thanks, Jess! My only memory of her living with us is going down to her room early in the morning before everyone else was awake, and she grumpily sent me back to bed. Mom figures I was about 2 1/2 years old. I never had the chance to “know” her and only have a couple memories – watching Star Trek at her house in Rocky, and that’s it.
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